Blue Corn – Polychrome Bowl with Feather Design (1980s)

3.5"w x 2.75"h

$ 575.00

This is a classic polychrome bowl by Blue Corn.  Blue Corn began by making black-on-black pottery but it is her polychrome pottery for which she is the most famous.  This bowl is polished with a white clay slip and then painted.  The piece has a feather pattern around the body of the bowl.  They are highlighted with a red clay slip. The rim of the bowl is slipped with mica.  It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Blue Corn”.  It was originally purchased in the 1980s.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.